Ecosystem modeling studies are based on desired states of the overall ecosystem and recognizes the need to protect or restore components, functions and critical ecological structures in order to supporting resources along the time. It is recognized that large disturbances from fishing, tourism and climate change, can cause changes in ecosystems that lead to alternative states of it. Each state, although the ecosystem is confirmed by the same populations, will be different in terms of structure (related to differences in the relative abundance of its components) that results in a different behavior of its function and organization, and therefore, in different capacities of response facing disturbances.

Our projects try to understand the overall functioning of the ecosystem through the characterization of the trophic relationships of its components, the quantification of energy flows and the capacity of resilience and sustainability. Furthermore, to analyze the role of habitat and marine protected areas in order to assess the sustainability of the ecosystem.